American mythos : why our best efforts to be a better nation fall short / Robert Wuthnow.
2006
HN90.M6 W867 2006eb
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Title
American mythos : why our best efforts to be a better nation fall short / Robert Wuthnow.
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ISBN
9781400827022 (electronic bk.)
1400827027 (electronic bk.)
069112504X (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780691125046 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780691138558 (pbk.)
1400827027 (electronic bk.)
069112504X (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780691125046 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780691138558 (pbk.)
Imprint
Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2006.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 288 pages)
Call Number
HN90.M6 W867 2006eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)438653499
Summary
America was built on stories: tales of grateful immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, Horatio Alger-style transformations, self-made men, and the Protestant work ethic. In this new book, renowned sociologist Robert Wuthnow examines these most American of stories--narratives about individualism, immigration, success, religion, and ethnicity--through the eyes of recent immigrants. In doing so, he demonstrates how the "American mythos" has both legitimized American society and prevented it from fully realizing its ideals. This magisterial work is a reflection and meditation on the national conscio
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Deep culture and democratic renewal
Quandaries of individualism
The justice of privilege
Self-made men and women
In America, all religions are true
Ethnic ties that bind (loosely)
Saving ourselves from materialism
Venues for reflective democracy.
Quandaries of individualism
The justice of privilege
Self-made men and women
In America, all religions are true
Ethnic ties that bind (loosely)
Saving ourselves from materialism
Venues for reflective democracy.
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Print version: Wuthnow, Robert. American mythos. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2006
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